Bicycle Face, Rabbit Fighter, and Lemon Sparks
Chuck Mountain + When We’re Sober
Like the first sip of a cold beer fresh from the tap, Chuck Mountain is a refreshing blend of blues, grunge, and Southern rock. The Greensboro-based band is on a mission to bring their passion for entertaining to breweries across North Carolina’s “Craft Beer Alley,” turning friends into drinking buddies along the way. Influenced by The Black Keys, Aerosmith, and Gary Clark Jr., Chuck Mountain’s hard-hitting trio will be sure to make you want to order another round. When We’re Sober is an indie-rock band based in Greensboro, NC. Currently playing live as a trio and recording as a quartet, When We’re Sober released , the first single off their debut album on March 1st 2024. The album is currently slated for a release in July 2024.
An Evening With The Cyril Lance Project
The Cyril Lance Collective featuring: Dan Davis, Drums Scott Warren, Bass Adrian Duke, Keyboards, Vocals Rob Cantrel, Congas Sam Fribush, Organ Cyril Lance, Guitar, Vocals And special guests… “His virtuosity on the guitar and lapsteel is undeniable, and his songwriting makes him an instant item in bluesville.” © Billboard Magazine “Lance wades into swampy blues-rock that sizzles and smokes with astounding professionalism and passion.” © Blues Revue Magazine
The Brown Mountain Lightning Bugs w/ Emily Stewart + Kyle Caudle & Timberline
If Jerry Garcia and Tom Waits made an Appalachian music duo, it might sound a little like the Brown Mountain Lightning Bugs. Hailing from Winston-Salem, NC Zack and Kendra Harding blend the traditional with the trippy to create original music they like to call folk(ish). Officially formed in 2016, the two have played extensively throughout the US, as well as toured internationally. They recently returned from a tour to the UK and Ireland, and are working on completing their third album. Their unique blend of sounds and easygoing personalities have recently earned the duo slots at Mill Farm Music Party (UK), Front Porch Fest, Rockwood Music Hall, Piedmont Folkways, and more. Emily Stewart plays original tunes and familiar favorites rooted in the folk, country, and blues traditions. Kyle Caudle is a singer-songwriter from Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Get Back! + Condado
Sam Burchfield and The Scoundrels
Sam Burchfield was raised in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains of South Carolina, where he learned to play and learned to write. His youth was steeped in the mossy creeks and deep ravines of those ancient woods, and they imbued him with the gift of song. Now in his thirties, Burchfield raises a small family in the North Georgia mountains and continues to find inspiration in the rivers and ridges of Southern Appalachia. His latest album ‘Me & My Religion’ was produced with his touring band, The Scoundrels. It is the first collaboration for the group after years of paying dues to the highway. Colin Agnew (drums), Trygve Myers (bass), and Ryan Plumley (guitar) accompanied Burchfield to Muscle Shoals, Alabama along with Nashville producer, Rachael Moore, to record the album of 7 days. “It’s certainly the most upbeat record I’ve ever released,” reflects Burchfield. “We crafted many of the songs together on countless stages, and most were then tracked live in the studio, which just felt right.” This 10 track album is almost equal parts Americana, psychedelia, indie folk, and Southern rock. All these flavors combine to support the album’s main theme. As seasoned listeners will expect, Burchfield’s lyrics are far from on the nose, as the declarative title would suggest. ‘Me & My Religion’ is an exploration of mankind’s toil for meaning in a world of vapid consumerism and commercialism – one in which we have become deaf to our own harmony with nature. Despite the weight of these ideas, the album feels like a lighthearted sojourn through the backwoods of our imagination.
Crawford And Power
Crawford & Power, a dynamic duo hailing from Southwest Virginia, are redefining the country music scene with their distinctive sound. Rooted in southern authenticity, Jake Crawford’s commanding vocals seamlessly blend with Ethan Power’s modern Dobro approach, crafting their own brand of Appalachian Red Dirt Country. Already leaving their mark, Crawford & Power have shared the stage with notable artists like The Marshall Tucker Band, Willie Nelson, Travis Tritt, and more. Their career gained momentum with the release of their debut EP, “Play a Hank Jr. Song,” propelling them to over 5 million on-demand streams. Following up with singles like “She Liked to Get High” & “Letting You Go,” the duo spent 2022/2023 in the studio with Producer Grady Saxman, unveiling their latest EP, “Bring it On Home,” as well as multiple singles in 2023. As they set their sights on 2024 and beyond, Crawford & Power are preparing new music and continued musical exploration. This duo is just getting started, poised to captivate audiences with their evolving sound.
Being Followed, Them Pants, The Eyebrows, and Heath Haynes
4 insufferably romantic nihilist heroes- singing things, plucking strings, moving 1s and 0s. Heartland Kitchen Sink Music to drive to- we strive to be the soundtrack for a movie that hasn’t been written yet. Debut album A Lifetime of Somedays released November 2022, EP Pieces released February 2024 Chris York(Palaver, Good Times, Hombre Dado, etc) Guitar/Vocal Joey Barnes (Luna Arcade, Suicide Darlings, Daughtry, etc)Bass/Vocal Quincy Mooring(Colourslide, The Five Ls, The Dickens, etc) Drums/Vocal Emily Wilcock(Being Followed) Keys/Vocal Them Pants is hard driving Indie-Rock band from Winston-Salem, NC. Made up of current and ex-members of Vetiver, Bandway, Alternative Champs, All Night, the Husbians, Rebar, the Finks, and other great North Carolina bands. Formed in 2019, the band’s debut album ‘Jeffership Starplane’ was released in December of 2022. ‘Starplane’ is full of songs with great, catchy melodies and hooks on top of interesting and creative guitar driven beds of sometimes angular music. With fantastic guitar riffs and a super-solid rhythm section, each song has a little math added to make it interesting, but no more than necessary. If you like early punk-inspired indie-garage rock with great hooks, you’ll love Them Pants. “…finally answers the age-old question about what it would it sound like if the Pixies and King Missile jammed in the B-52s’ garage.” – Magnet Magazine The Eyebrows write and perform anthemic rockers replete with chugging, sleaze-rock guitars, slashing riffs spiritually aligned with Alex Chilton, with vocals and harmonies that are tough but catchy, recalling 1970s power-pop powerhouse singer Robin Zander of Cheap Trick. The Eyebrows combine 70s punk, power pop, and a touch of shoegaze atmosphere in a manic concoction that will give you Icarus-like super wings and other, subversive advanced skills to knock down walls, burn bridges… and eventually fall gracefully into the sea. Heath Haynes is an American Power Pop artist raised on a steady diet of Cheap Trick, Cars, Rick Springfield and Paul Collins. Transplant from Nashville TN, currently residing in the heart of the Mid Atlantic territory.
Starsapien, Unheard Project GSO, and GrayScale Whale
Starsapien is a jazz-Americana recording group led by Los Angeles songwriter & producer Jay Siebold. The band has released two full-length albums, including last year’s country-western steeped Apes Scrapes and Bandages, and a handful of singles going back to 2016. The Starsapien soundscape is best defined by its punchy bass & drum interplay, bittersweet melodies, and obtuse lyrical storytelling. The band’s rotating cast of players includes North Carolina jazz virtuosos Dwayne Jordan (drums), Kevin Beardsley (bass), Logan Butler (guitar), David Siebold (guitar), and Brandon Shamar (keys). Unheard Project GSO Unheard Project GSO is a creative platform that has curated ideas and performances for some of the Piedmont Triad’s best musicians. The platform was born out of hundreds of hours of practice and gigging together in the bourgeoning Greensboro scene, and while many of the members are graduates of UNCG’s acclaimed Miles Davis Jazz Studies Program, the platform has incorporated in-demand players from diverse genres to form a powerhouse of composition, offering both original and familiar musical stylings. GrayScale Whale A body of fluid, focused sound refined from a sea of raw, relentless energy: GrayScale Whale takes its players and listeners on a sonic voyage. Seamlessly transitioning between highs and lows, the group performs energetic, eclectic, and tastefully spontaneous modern fusion.
Donnie Doolittle, Blood Ritual, and, Instant Regrets
North Carolina artist Donnie Doolittle makes distinctively moody, synth-driven anthems that hover between dark retro-pop and melancholic rock-and-roll. Over the past half-decade he’s earned a following for his playful approach to darkness, blending bright, poppy melodies into ominous soundscapes with cinematic sensibility. Called everything from “Southern New-Wave” to “Goth Americana” by the press, his genre-bending sound has drawn comparisons to singular acts like Orville Peck, Leonard Cohen, Nick Cave, and Iggy Pop, with releases accompanied by carefully-honed imagery and thematic narrative videos engaging a range of senses. “I want to provide a full experience—to use my resources to create a palpable ambiance,” he says. FFO: Nick Cave, Orville Peck, Timber Timbre, TYPE O NEGATIVE, Lee Hazelwood, Paul Cauthen, and Leonard Cohen Crossover Thrash that blends influences such as Iron Age, Bitter End, Razor, Morbid Saint and fellow Carolina boys Corrosion of conformity. All creating a sound that is uniquely North Carolina, and uniquely BloodRitual. BloodRitual live condenses all the aggression, speed, force, and comical self-loathing of 70 years of rock and roll into one 20 minute set. You ain’t seen em? You better. Do You Believe?W/ Instant Regrets
